Looking ahead Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $1.17 billion. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.60.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $4.99 billion. The average EPS estimate is $2.70.

Investor sentiment The stock has a three-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 80 members out of 97 rating the stock outperform, and 17 members rating it underperform. Among 34 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 29 give Harris Teeter Supermarkets a green thumbs-up, and five give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Harris Teeter Supermarkets is buy, with an average price target of $47.20.

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